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Community in Action

Nonprofit or community organization

Last modified: August 1, 2011, 3:56 PM

Description

Community in Action is a grassroots non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) located in one of Rio de Janeiro's largest favela (slum) communities. Our mission is to offer vocational and cultural classes for students of all ages, as well as personal development opportunities for volunteers. The majority of NGOs in Rio provide outreach programs on a service model: slum inhabitants simply use the services others (who live outside the community) deem they need. We implemented a new approach, a new vision – one that fosters the possibility of long-term community change by including residents in the operation of the organization. Currently, slum residents staff the majority of human resource and administrative positions. These present and future community leaders are the volunteers, the teachers, and the administrative teams. As social entrepreneurs, Community in Action has created a model for excluded and deprived people to create sustainable livelihoods and promote societal inclusion.

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  • Sales Associate - Job

    Last updated:
    May 6, 2013
    Location:
    Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR
    Description:
    Community in Action is a grassroots, non-governmental organization (NGO) operating in Complexo de Alemão, one of Rio's largest favela (slum) communities. We off...

  • Marketing Associate - Job

    Last updated:
    May 6, 2013
    Location:
    Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR
    Description:
    Community in Action is a grassroots, non-governmental organization (NGO) operating in Complexo de Alemão, one of Rio's largest favela (slum) communities. We off...

  • Volunteer Manager - Job

    Last updated:
    April 22, 2013
    Location:
    Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR
    Description:
    Community in Action is a grassroots non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO) located in one of Rio de Janeiro's largest favela (shantytown) communities. O...

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Website:
http://www.communityinaction.org/
Address:
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Keywords

Social enterprise, International relations, Volunteering, Poverty and hunger, Economic development, Human rights and civil liberties, Youth, Community development, Job and workplace, Education, Network of nonprofits, Women

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